The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-28
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THE SUBJECT OF BISHOP KA1N's
Course OF Lenten Lectures Which We're
3 Commenced Meteorological Learned Y
Discourse Delivered Mt the Cathe.
drnl before Largo Audience.

lst, heV. DlHnop haln uellVereu yeBLer-
day at the vesper service ct the CATHEDRAL,
the first OF the aeriea OF Lenten lectures
that he has arranged to give each Sunday
afternoon during Lent. This is practice
that tho reverend gentleman has observed
ever since he took charge Of this diocese.
In tho past, thcae lectures have proven
very interesting and instructive, aud judg.
Ing from the one delivered yesterday this
years uesies will also be vol worth listen.
ing to. There was largo congregation
assembled yesterday; is evidenced
the deep interest excited by thu
rich theme which the Blshop has
selected for his course-"The Redemption
through Christ" The course was opened
by briet but clear exposition Cof tho term
Redemption-a term constantly on the
lips OF protesting christians, though often
only imperiectly understood. This expla.
nation embodied the whole drift OF tho
serieH Of lectures which tho Bishop pro.
poses delivering. They will embrace q
correct view OF mans primitive condition,
aa he came forth from bis Makers hand
In the morning OF creation then a.dcBcrip.
ton OF the fall Of our frat parents and Its
effects on them and their posterity In the
next place a showing forth OF the true
character OF that redemption which re-
stores man to his first estate, and the
method or plan instituted by Christ for
tbo apDlico ZION NJ that ,1;v;ua vol o,,ot; M
to the souls OF men. .7. 4 4, &
The Bishop dwolt for some time on. the
necessity Of correct views on these all
vital subjects, and he attributed to an en-.
tirely erroneous conception OF the rrue
nature Of Christ's redemption. many Of
the glazing hsresies and blasphemieH OF
our day. II the theology OF Beecher were
eound on the great Christian dogma OF tho
redemption through Christ, how could he
use such irreverent language concerning
the Incarnate Son Of God who dwelt on
the cross for our salvation? But, con.
tiuued the Bishop, the denial OF Christ's
divinity 10 but logical outcome Of tho
fatally erroneous notions concerning the
redemption entertained and propounded
by many Others who call themselves min
iaters OF Christ. For these notions do not
imply a true restoration OF man to all the
rights and privileges forfeited by the fall /;
hence they exclude the necessity OF such
an atonement and redemption as the God
man alone could make, and thus they
naturally lead to the query: "Why then
was God made mani" ts5I
The Bishop then entered on On EXPOSE
ton OF the prerogatiyea OF the primitive
man, and emphasized the fact that, in adj.
dition to the essential qualities OF his mere
human nature, man had received from
his Divine Creator supernatural gifts
which raised him to q higher order and
made him truly child Of God. All that
was necessary for his well-being as a ra.
tiohal creature God was bound to give
him, but the divine grace by (which he
was elevated to o supernatural dignity and
given title to Heaven, was pure gift OF
Gods bounty and love. This truth is too
| often forgotten or obscured, namely, that
God might have created His. rational crea-
ture, man, for mere natural end; but
He was pleased to enrich his soul with
that supernatural quality which fitted him
Tor companionship with the angels in
Heaven. The chief loss sustained by man
in the fGll was the loss OF divine grace,
and with it sill right to tho Kingdom OF
God.
Having explained this and other conse.
quences of the fall, the Bishop gave q
clear, concise refutation Of the objections
usually brought agsins. the orthodox
teaching on this point, paying his com.
pliments in passing, to the upholders OF
the hard doctrines Of total deprayity.
From the nature Of the fall and tia
effects, the Bishop passed to the consid-
Grafton Of the renovation Of mau-his re-
establishment in all the glorious preroga-
tives which had been lost by Sin. Hence
he inferred in what a true redemption
through Christ must necessarily consist,
drawing copious proofs from the Holy
Scriptures to sustain point after point Of
his thesis. Redeemed we must be; in at
least as good condition as We were before
the fall: This was the drift OF this portion
OF his discourse, and the position was ably
sustained. Through Christ cur blessed
Redeen.er, wo are once more s'sons OF God
and heirs OF heaven" sE.
The second lecture, to be delivered next
Sunday ut g o'clock p. NJ, will be on tho
character and mission into the world OF
Jeeus Christ.
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